List of historical states of Romania

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Before the Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia, Romania was formed of various principalities, voivodates, keneziates and other political entities. The following is a list of those states, from the foundation of Dacia by Burebista until the present.

Antiquity[edit]

• Dacia (82 BC - 106)
• Roman Dacia (106 - 271), region of the Roman Empire
• Dacia Aureliana (271 - 283), region of the Roman Empire
• Dacia Mediterranea (283 - c. 602), region of the Roman Empire, then of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Dacia Ripensis (283 - c. 602), region of the Roman Empire, then of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Diocese of Dacia (337 - c. 602), region of the Roman Empire, then of the Eastern Roman Empire

Middle Ages[edit]

• Voivodate of Menumorut (fl. 896)
• Voivodate of Gelou (fl. 904)
• Voivodate of Glad (fl. 934)
• Jupanate of Dimitrie (fl. 943), possibly under the First Bulgarian Empire
• Jupanate of Gheorghe (fl. 943), possibly under the First Bulgarian Empire
• Voievodate of Maramureș (9th century - 1402), possibly under the Kingdom of Hungary
• Voievodate of Ajtony (fl. 1030)
• Voivodate of Transylvania (c. 1100 - 1541), since the 12th century under the Kingdom of Hungary
• Second Bulgarian Empire/Vlacho-Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)
• Banate of Severin (c. 1233 - 1524), under Kingdom of Hungary and Wallachia
• Country of Bezerenbam (fl. 1241)
• Country of Mișelav (fl. 1241)
• Voivodate of Farcaș (fl. 1247), possibly under the Kingdom of Hungary
• Voivodate of John (fl. 1247), possibly under the Kingdom of Hungary
• Voivodate of Seneslau (fl. 1247), possibly under the Kingdom of Hungary
• Țara Litua (1247–1330), under the Kingdom of Hungary
• Wallachia (1330–1859), independent and under various empires
• Moldavia (1346–1859), independent and under various empires
• Țara Amlașului (1368–1469), under Wallachia
• Țara Făgărașului (1368–1464), under Wallachia

After the medieval era[edit]

• Banate of Lugos and Karánsebes (1526–1658), region of the Kingdom of Hungary
• Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), under the Ottoman Empire
• Temeşvar Eyalet (1552–1716), region of the Ottoman Empire
• Wallachia Eyalet (1595), region of the Ottoman Empire
• Varat Eyalet (1660–1692), region of the Ottoman Empire
• Grand Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867), region of the Austrian Empire
• Banate of Craiova (1718–1739), region of the Austrian Empire
• Banate of Temeswar (1718–1778), region of the Austrian Empire
• Duchy of Bukovina (1849–1918), region of the Austrian Empire
• Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (1849–1861), region of the Austrian Empire
• United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859–1862), under the Ottoman Empire

Post-Unification[edit]

• Romanian United Principalities (1862–1866), under the Ottoman Empire
• Principality of Romania (1866–1881), under the Ottoman Empire
• Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)
• Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918)
• Banat Republic (1918–1919)
• Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1991), region of the Soviet Union
• Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)
• Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)

Contemporary states[edit]

•  Romania
•  Moldova
• Transnistria

Bibliography[edit]

• O scurtă istorie ilustrată a românilor by Neagu Djuvara
• Gesta Hungarorum by Anonymus
• Istoria culturii și civilizației românești by Ovidiu Drimba

References[edit]